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Plan for old plaza will ‘punctuate’ Coquitlam skyline Project lauded by councillors and mayor as ‘amazing’ JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com
Rev. Alf Dumont has donated 215 books on Indigenous culture, history and issues to the Coquitlam Public Library. Dumont selected the books from his own reading over the past 40 years. The books launch the library’s collection of Indigenous works that will be divided between its two branches, on Poirier Street and at City Centre. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Burquitlam Plaza went up in 1960. Sixty-one years later, its owners are planning to renew the commercial centre by adding 2,175 more homes in six towers — and changing the landscape of the Coquitlam community. On Monday, the city’s council-in-committee got a sneak peek of the proposal by Morguard Investments, the same company that manages Coquitlam Centre mall, to update its site. Architect James Cheng spent most of the hour-long presentation highlighting the master plan, which was
later lauded by the mayor and councillors as “amazing” and “exciting.” “There’s an outstanding level of creativity that’s been put into the plan,” Mayor Richard Stewart told council, while also noting the “calibre” of the team assembled for the project. That team — made up of Cheng, as well as Morguard’s Geoff Nagle, Brian Murray of B&A Planning Group, Peter Joyce of Bunt & Associates and Jeremy McMullin of Designcorp International — told council it wants to design a pedestrian-friendly village that’s steps from the Burquitlam SkyTrain station and the YCMA, which is about a year away from completion. Though the detailed designs have yet to be ironed SEE
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